Bracket and support.



No. 763,061. PATENTED JUNE 21, 1904.

H. P KEIL.

BRACKET AND SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 25. 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 21, 1904.

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BRACKET AND SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION fo mi g part 015 e e P e 0- 763,061, dated June 21, 1904.Application filed Octo 25, 1902. Serial No. 128,805. (No model.)

To (all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY FRANCIS KEIL, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Bronxville, in the county of W estchesterand State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful AdjustableShelf-Support, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to appliances used for supporting articles, and inparticular to the manufacture of brackets and in the method of securingthe same to bearings, bars, or other stands for show-cases,window-fittings, and general purposes; and it has for its object theprovision of an apparatus of the kind set forth simple in construction,inexpensive to manufacture, and which operates smoothly and eflicientlyin practical use.

To attain the desired end, this my invention consists in theconstruction, arrangement, and operation of parts herein set forth.

In order to enable my invention to be fully understood, 1 will proceedto explain the same by reference to the drawings which accompany andform a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 represents a planview of a bracket and support therefor constructed according to myinvention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, partly in section. Fig. 3is an end view of the same. Fig. 4. is a sectional view of one of mysupporting sliding plates or rests, taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1; andFig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the views.

Referring particularly to the drawings, A denotes my bracket, ordinarilyconsisting of a piece of steel stamped or pressed into suitable shapehaving a top face a and preferably provided with a pin, stud, orprojection (1 located at the outer end thereof, and also, if desired,with a series of recesses or ratchet or toothed-shaped cavities a forthe purpose of containing rods, tubes, wires, &e.

B is one of my supporting plates or rests constructed and arranged toslide upon the face of the edge (a of my bracket, each of which platesor rests is made by preferably forming up a piece of steel in a T shape,in the side of the duplex or bifurcated stem or supporting parts 5 ofwhich are drawn up recesses 7/ constructed and arranged to containelastic or flexible cushions 0.

Into the relatively horizontal top of my rests or sliding plates B maybe inserted cushioned top pins or screws D, if desired. Each side faceof my bracket A is provided at the inner end thereof with a channel orpreferably a plurality of channels, slots, grooves or ways (0 orshouldered portions, ordinarily formed in both of the side andpreferably vertical faces of the same, and the edge of said interior endof the bracket is preferably provided with an angular face or preferablya plurality of angular faces a, formed in parallel relation to saidgroove or grooves r I sometimes form in the side faces of my bracket anadditional outer channel or preferably plurality of channels, grooves,or ways u, formed in parallel relation to the inner groove or grooves (1and the angular face or faces a.

The bearing or support for my bracket A consists of a preferably springmetal plate E, the sides of which are formed or bent over upon itself soas to form an interior chamber and to provide two opposite lips 1;, theparts being so arranged that when the bracket A is inserted in thebearing an angular face 1/ will rest against the face of the plate E andthe resilient lips c will rest and be securely held in one of the pairsof grooves 11.

In the plate E are drawn up bosses which are screw-threaded to hold thescrews F, the heads of which may rest against the parts 1/. My bearingmay be attached to a wall, partition, or other supporting-surface bymeans of screws G, which may bear upon the parts w or pass throughorifices in the same and rest directly upon the plate E, as shown inFig. it. The parts 0 may, if desired, be again bent outwardly, as at a,and then inwardly again, so as to form a pair of outer opposite lips 1;in addition to the inner lips 0 which lips e are held by the resilienceof the metal of which my bearing is formed in the channels or grooves aThe parts may each be provided with an orifice to contain a screw H,constructed and arranged to coact with the wing-nut il.

It ismanifest that variousomissions of some particulars could be madewithout l'materially affecting the essential features of my invention orthe operation of the remaining parts, and I do not, therefore, wish tobe limited to the specific structural details of the organization hereinset forth.

Obviously the elements of the structure described may be located at anangle to the plane in which they are shown. I accordingly use the wordshorizontal, vertical, and the like in a relative sense.

In operation after the bearing is secured in place the bracket A may beinserted in the said bearing or in either a horizontal or an.

upwardly or downwardly inclined relation thereto, according as to theposition in which it is desired that the said bracket shall bemaintained, the bracket shown in Fig. 1 being constructed and arrangedto assume five different positions, although the positions in which itis desired to maintain a bracket constructed according to my inventionmay be varied by changing the number of grooves (.6 and the angularfaces (4*. When thus inserted in the bearing, one of the angular faces awill rest against the face of the plate E of the bearing and one of thepair of grooves a will be clamped by the resilient lips a. While theparts are in this relative position, the bracket Amay be adjusted bybeing moved up or down, soas to stand at any height desired, and afterthe proper height has been determined the screws F may be manipulated,thus rigidly clamping the parts together in an immovable relation. Incase the bearing used is also provided with the lips e at the time thebracket is inserted in the bearing the lips e and 6* will respectivelyengage the grooves a and a and in this event the screw H and wing-nut Hmay be manipulated to cramp the parts together with or without theemployment of the screws F.

In cases where a series of my brackets are arranged in parallel shelves,860., may be placed upon the slide plates or rests B, which may be movedalong they face a of the brackets in order to occupy any desiredpositions, or rods, wires, or tubes, &c., which may be inserted in therecesses, ratchet, or toothshapcd cavities (0 may be used in connectionwith the rests B or in lieu thereof.

It will be seen that my adjustable-bracket and bearing therefor are ofvery simple construction and may be manufactured very economically andalso that the same provides a very strong and durable device, the partsbeing adapted to be readily engaged together in a smooth and noiselessmanner.

As it is evident that many changes in the construction, form,proportion, and relative arrangement of parts might be resorted tow1thout departing from the sp1r1t and scope of my invention, I wouldhave it understood that I do not restrict myself to the particularconstruction and arrangement of parts shown and described, but that suchchanges and equivalents may be substituted therefor, and that That Iclaim as my invention is- 1. The combination with a bracket having oneor more grooves or shouldered portions and one or more angular edgefaces, of a support formed with a bearing-face to register with one ofthe said angular faces and also with resilient engaging means to coactwith one of the grooves of the said bracket.

2. The combination with a bracket having one or more parallel pairs ofgrooves or shouldered portions, and one or more angular edge faces inparallel relation with said grooves, of a support formed with abearing-face to register with one of the said angular faces and alsowith resilient engaging means to coact with one of the grooves of thesaid bracket.

3. The combination with a bracket having a plurality of pairs of groovesor shouldered portions disposed in angular relation to each other, and aplurality of angular edge faces, of a support formed with a bearing-faceto register with one of the said angular edge faces and also withresilient engaging means to coact with one of the grooves of the saidbracket.

4. The combination with a bracket having on the two faces thereof aplurality of pairs of grooves or shouldered portions disposed in angularrelation to each other, and with another set of pairs of grooves orshouldered portions parallel thereto, and two or more angular edgefaces, of a support formed with a bearing-face to register with one ofthe said angular edge faces and with engaging means to coact with one ofthe pairs of grooves of said bracket.

5. The combination with a bracket having on the two faces thereof aplurality of pairs of grooves or shouldered portions disposed in angularrelation to each other and two or more angular edge faces, of a supportformed with a bearing-face to register with one of the said angularfaces and engaging means to coact with one of the pairs of grooves ofthe said bracket.

"6. The combination with a bracket having a top edge or face of asliding plate or rest to engage therewith and consisting of a piece ofmetal formed with a duplex stem or supporting part, in the sides ofwhich are formed recesses, and cushions contained in said recesses.

7. The combination witha bracket having a plurality of grooves orshouldered portions disposed in angular relation to each other, of ahollow support formed with a bearing-face to register with the end ofthe bracket and a slot having an adjacent lip to engage with one of thegrooves of the said bracket.

8. The combination with a bracket having a groove, of a support thereforhaving a slot and an adjacent lip e to engage the said groove, the saidsupport being also formed with a screw-threaded boss 0 formed in thesame and also of a screw to rigidly clamp the parts together.

9. A bracket having the top edge or face, in combination with a slidingplate or rest B to engagetherewith and consisting of a piece of metalformed With a duplex or bifurcated stem or supporting part b and havingan open lower portion and a cushion D located in the top thereof.

10. The combination with a bracket having a groove in its side to abutagainst a support, of a support provided with spring-lips to engage saidgroove, the said bracket also having a portion extending rearwardly ofthe groove and constructed and arranged to engage the inner rear Wall ofthe support.

11. The combination with a hollow support having a longitudinal channel,and formed with integral projections having inwardlyadapted to engageanother series, and means for clamping said projections to the arm.

In testimony of the foregoing specification I do hereby sign the same,in the city of New York,county and State of New York, this 24th day ofOctober, A. D. 1902.

HENRY FRANCIS KEIL. Vitnesses:

F. A. WURZBACH, H. B. AMMON.

